This document discusses input/output and interrupt handling in a basic computer system. It describes the I/O configuration including input and output registers and flags. It explains programmed and interrupt-initiated I/O, with the interrupt cycle storing the return address and branching to an interrupt service routine before returning to the main program. Input/output and interrupt instructions are also outlined.

1. Basic Computer Orgsnization and Design 1 Lecture 18
CSE 211, Computer Organization and Architecture Harjeet Kaur, CSE/IT
Overview
Instruction Codes
 Computer Registers
 Computer Instructions
 Timing and Control
 Instruction Cycle
 Memory Reference Instructions
 Input-Output and Interrupt
 Complete Computer Description

2. Basic Computer Orgsnization and Design 2 Lecture 18
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Input/Output and Interrupt
Input-Output Configuration
INPR Input register - 8 bits
OUTR Output register - 8 bits
FGI Input flag - 1 bit
FGO Output flag - 1 bit
IEN Interrupt enable - 1 bit
- The terminal sends and receives serial information
- The serial info. from the keyboard is shifted into INPR
- The serial info. for the printer is stored in the OUTR
- INPR and OUTR communicate with the terminal serially and with the AC
in parallel.
- The flags are needed to synchronize the timing difference between I/O
device and the computer
A Terminal with a keyboard and a Printer
Input-output
terminal
Serial
communication
interface
Computer
registers and
flip-flops
Printer
Keyboard
Receiver
interface
Transmitter
interface
FGOOUTR
AC
INPR FGI
Serial Communications Path
Parallel Communications Path

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Programmed Controlled Data Transfer
loop: If FGI = 1 goto loop
INPR  new data, FGI  1
loop: If FGO = 1 goto loop
consume OUTR, FGO  1
-- CPU -- -- I/O Device --
/* Input */ /* Initially FGI = 0 */
loop: If FGI = 0 goto loop
AC  INPR, FGI  0
/* Output */ /* Initially FGO = 1 */
loop: If FGO = 0 goto loop
OUTR  AC, FGO  0
Start Input
FGI  0
FGI=0
AC  INPR
More
Character
END
Start Output
FGO  0
FGO=0
More
Character
OUTR  AC
AC  Data
yes
no
yes
no
FGI=0 FGO=1
yes
yes
no
no

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Input/Output Instructions
D7IT3 = p
IR(i) = Bi, i = 6, …, 11
p: SC  0 Clear SC
INP pB11: AC(0-7)  INPR, FGI  0 Input char. to AC
OUT pB10: OUTR  AC(0-7), FGO  0 Output char. from AC
SKI pB9: if(FGI = 1) then (PC  PC + 1) Skip on input flag
SKO pB8: if(FGO = 1) then (PC  PC + 1) Skip on output flag
ION pB7: IEN  1 Interrupt enable on
IOF pB6: IEN  0 Interrupt enable off

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Program controlled Input/Output
• Program-controlled I/O
- Continuous CPU involvement
I/O takes valuable CPU time
- CPU slowed down to I/O speed
- Simple
- Least hardware
Input
LOOP, SKI DEV
BUN LOOP
INP DEV
Output
LOOP, LDA DATA
LOP, SKO DEV
BUN LOP
OUT DEV

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Interrupt Initiated Input/Output
- Open communication only when some data has to be passed --> interrupt.
- The I/O interface, instead of the CPU, monitors the I/O device.
- When the interface founds that the I/O device is ready for data transfer,
it generates an interrupt request to the CPU
- Upon detecting an interrupt, the CPU stops momentarily the task
it is doing, branches to the service routine to process the data
transfer, and then returns to the task it was performing.
IEN (Interrupt-enable flip-flop)
- can be set and cleared by instructions
- when cleared, the computer cannot be interrupted

7. Basic Computer Orgsnization and Design 7 Lecture 18
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Flow Chart of Interrupt Cycle
R = Interrupt f/f
- The interrupt cycle is a HW implementation of a branch and save return address
operation.
- At the beginning of the next instruction cycle, the instruction that is read from
memory is in address 1.
- At memory address 1, the programmer must store a branch instruction that sends
the control to an interrupt service routine
- The instruction that returns the control to the original program is "indirect BUN 0"
Store return address
R
=1=0
in location 0
M[0]  PC
Branch to location 1
PC  1
IEN  0
R  0
Interrupt cycleInstruction cycle
Fetch and decode
instructions
IEN
FGI
FGO
Execute
instructions
R  1
=1
=1
=1
=0
=0
=0

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Register Transfer Operations in Interrupt Cycle
Register Transfer Statements for Interrupt Cycle
- R F/F  1 if IEN (FGI + FGO)T0T1T2
 T0T1T2 (IEN)(FGI + FGO): R  1
- The fetch and decode phases of the instruction cycle
must be modified Replace T0, T1, T2 with R'T0, R'T1, R'T2
- The interrupt cycle :
RT0: AR  0, TR  PC
RT1: M[AR]  TR, PC  0
RT2: PC  PC + 1, IEN  0, R  0, SC  0
After interrupt cycle
0 BUN 1120
0
1
PC = 256
255
1 BUN 0
Before interrupt
Main
Program
1120
I/O
Program
0 BUN 1120
0
PC = 1
256
255
1 BUN 0
Memory
Main
Program
1120
I/O
Program
256